About the Authors

Cuong Q. Nguyen

nguyenc@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Orphan Autoimmune Disorders, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Adebola O. Ogunniyi

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Afife Karabiyik

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

J. Christopher Love

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CQN JCL. Performed the experiments: CQN AOO AK. Analyzed the data: CQN AOO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CQN JCL. Wrote the paper: CQN AOO.